Newton

NEWTON

Contributions: - Newton's first law of motion: An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. - Newton's second law of motion: The acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely proportional to the mass of the object. -Newton's third law of motion: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Newton’s findings combated superstitions and provided the fear of atheism, his attacks on Pre-Enlightenment ideas and the believed elements of Christianity confused people. Newton refashioned the world governed by an interventionist God into a world crafted by a God that designs along rational and universal principles.These principles were available for all people to discover, allowed man to pursue his own belief systems based on the discoveries he himself as a person made. Scholars that he opposed fought hard to strike down his ideas and for some time they succeeded.